Pop music in Korea, as known as K-pop, is in vogue. It is not only popular in Korea, but countries all over Asia and even in Europe. Every teenage has heard one or two K-pop songs. In fact, similar tread occurred before. Canto-pop (Hong Kong pop music) and J-pop (Japanese pop music) also become popular in the world since 1980s and 1970s. In this essay, backgrounds of the pop music will be discussed. The differences in pop music among these three places and the impacts made will be included. In the
awareness, share videos and opinions through various online platforms. This new phenomenon of activism driven by media technologies has been widely used in Hong Kong to retain human rights, protesting for more autonomy and democracy. Given the ability of online activism to raise awareness and rally support for different political or social movements, it places great challenge for the Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese authorities to keep their power intact. This paper will examines how Hong Kong civil societies
Hong Kong schooling can be seen as an ‘elitist’ or as a pyramidal school system. As formal schooling begins, many (if not all) parents will make every effort to help their child gain admission to prestigious primary schools such as La Salle. At Year 6, students strive for higher banding allocation so as to be assigned to better secondary schools. In sixth form, students fight for the best exam scores possible, as the students with the best exam scores are offered places of first degree courses at
We’re back today with the second part of 15 things you didn’t about Sam Tsui! Check it out below and let us know what you think. Number Eight: Sam Tsui is of Hong Kong descent. Tsui grew up in a mixture of different cultures. His father is originally from Hong Kong, and his mother is of European extraction and hails from Iowa. The Tsui family values their cultural roots and strives to pass them on. Therefore, Sam has the middle name of “Lee” and even speaks some Cantonese. Number Seven: He is
“Mozart effect” is a believe that listening to music could enhance individuals’ intelligence, and therefore lead to better performance in various spheres, such as languages and arithmetics. There are researches pointed out that listening to music while tasks performance would result in significant boost of scores. The effect of listening to Mozart’s music on spatial seasoning was looked over in 1933 by Dr. Rauscher, three common tests about abstract spatial reasoning were given to the participants
Globalization of Korean Popular Culture in Asia 1. Introduction Since 1990s, Korean Popular Culture has had a strong influence in Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. This new popular cultural phenomenon in Asia is called the “Korean Wave”, also known as hallyu in Korean pronunciation, which refers to the surge of popularity of Korean popular culture abroad, particularly in Asia(Kin 284). The “Korean Wave” is first coined in mid-1999 by journalists in Beijing
An image of a person sitting on a couch with potato chips in one hand and the remote control in the other. Television can split into a number of categories such as comedy, sports, drama, music, documentaries, news broadcast, etc. Each category as mind-stimulating as the next. Comedy, music, and drama can relieve someone from stress. Documentaries and the news are self-explanatory. They can teach people about history or the world around them. From watching documentaries and new, people
that exist against people with disabilities, environmental barriers such as stairs or lack of transportation can greatly limit a person with disabilities’ access to the world. These obstacles exist in Hong Kong and it can lead to isolation, depression and restricted opportunities. Although Hong Kong along with other countries has passed ordinances to help combat
She wears the same type of cloths, has the same hair do and her rather eccentric attitude to life also corresponds to that of her French counterpart. The primary function of the traditional Hong Kong film industry was to churn out movies aimed at the general public and make sure that they bring in a profit. This is much like the French film industry was before the emergence of the French New Wave. However Wai’s ‘ChungKing Express’
ALI FARHOOMAND NINTENDO’S DISRUPTIVE STRATEGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY For some time we have believed the game industry is ready for disruption. Not just from Nintendo, but from all game developers. It is what we all need to expand our audience. It is what we all need to expand our imaginations. - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co. Ltd1 In the 2008 BusinessWeek–Boston Consulting Group ranking of the world’s most innovative companies, Nintendo Co. Ltd (“Nintendo”)